Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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1985 Clockwise From Top Left: Cincinnati Reds player manager. Pete Rose, broke Ty Cobb's career hit record of 4.191 hits in 1965. The problem of hijacking continued through 1965. In September. 4 Palestinian terrorists hijacked the Italian Cruise Liner Achille Lauro, killing one American. The Kansas City Royals were the 1965 World Series champions after coming back from a 31 deficit to beat out the St. Louis Cardinals, four games to three. A series of devastating earthquakes shook through Mexico City in September, killing thousands of people. 10 News of 1985

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1985 Clockwise From Tof Left: Space Walker James ran Haflen stands on the end of the robot arm of the Space Shuttle Discovery. A Della Airlines crash in Dallas claimed 137 lives, just one of several airplane related tragedies of 1965 Presi- dent Reagan underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his lower intestine and later a tumor from his lip. Live Aid. organized by Bob (icldotf. benefited the hungry people of Africa by raising millions of dollars News of 1985 9

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Top right: The riots of 1985 led to P.W. Botha's relaxing some of the laws concerning apartheid in South Africa. An offer was made (or the release of Mack nationalist Nelson Mandela. Anatoly Schiransky was released in aprisoner exchange in Berlin in February. Bottom left: Chicago Bear Jim McMahon celebrates the 46-10 victory over the New Lngland Patriots in the Super Bowl. The surprising Patriots were the first wild card team to win three away games and participate in Super Bowl XX 1986 Top left and bottom right: On January 28. 1986. 72.98 seconds after liftoff, the Space Shuttle Challenger, carrying Teacher m-Space Christa McAuUlt • Scobee (corn mander). Michael S. Smith (pilot), and specialists Ronald E. McNair. EUison S. Oni uka. Judith A. Resnik and Gregory B. Jarvis exploded in a hi : y were the first U S. astronauts to die in flight, nineteen years and one day after the fatal pre launch ApoUo fire The announcement at 1:50 A.M. brought sudd’ all classes and the silent prayers of many teachers and students. They joined three Russian cosmonauts who had suffocated listen their returning capsule prema • . ;cd n the near vacuum of the upper atmosphere as the only in flight deaths. News of 1986 11